Item: Grand Sovereign Patek Philippe Clock Complication
Sold For: $10,100.00
Bids: 32
Date: May 13, 2012
Auction: Ebay
Seller: srvanzandt
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Description and Image By: srvanzandt
For bidders worldwide is this watch sellers advertising display that was manufactured in Germany. This is a not a retail item that’s offered to the public but that is sold to the authorized watch dealers worldwide for their showrooms in order to promote their products with an elegant touch. If you’re not an authorized watch re-seller you shouldn’t be interested in this clock but if you’re looking to add an exquisite timepiece to your home or office this is truly an outstanding work of art from all angles. There are not so many of these in the entire world, in fact the burlwood piano fished based with YG finish model which is proudly listed here is completely out of circulation and is now known to be extremely difficult to find absolutely anywhere. This particular display clock is no longer is use and is being offered here but do note that this is an advertising display clock for local vendors and that it’s not a retail catalogue item that’s available to the general public, do not confuse this model with others that you can order at your local watch sellers store front. Being equivalent to banners, signs, plaques and counter top displays but simply on a much more elegant level as you can see from the high quality photos below. Here is one of the original Patek Philippe watch showroom display clocks. This miracle of time weighs in at 20 pounds (9 kg)! The clock’s movement is a complicated 8 day mechanical, featuring the complete navigation for the earth as it makes its long journey around the sun. This display clock is so advanced that the earth actually rotates once on its own axis every 24 hours, while the moon travels round the earth in 29.5 days and also completes a full rotation around its axis. The moonphases that are visible to us from the earth are accurately reproduced in this complicated display 365 days of the year. If this wasn’t already enough, the clock has the repeater function, that strikes the time out on the 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and hour, via the 4 bells. This incredible mechanical representation is all preserved under the hand blown crystal glass domed exhibition cover. The clock has the precisely detailed gold-toned solid dial that has the hand milled, deep cut rhombus pattern, and the hallmarked framed gold toned outer open dial. The clocks movement is secured to the solid wood, hallmarked, piano finished and gold overlaid base, via the 4 heavy gold edition overplayed pillars. This magnificent mechanical wonder is protected and preserved behind the beveled crystal glass, and access to the working is accomplished through the front and back beveled crystal glass doors in the convex style.This clock measures 13 3/4 ” high and 11 3/8″ wide. This amazing piece weighs 20 pounds. The clock comes with the original key.This clock was in use for store display for a little more than 2 years, and it is in mint condition, and all functions are in perfect working order and responding accurately.